Striking-bag support.



No. 730,943. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

J. P. MAYNARD.

STRIKING BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

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PATENT STRlKlNG-BAG SUPPORT.

SZPIECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 730,943, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed July 29, 1902. Serial No. 117,517.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN FERNANDO MAY- NARD, of Plymouth, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Striking-Bag Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tomeans for supporting striking-bags used in athletic exercises; and it has for its object to provide a simple, durable, strong, and effective striking-bag support adapted to occupy less space on a vertical wall or support than other appliances now in use and to be foldetlin com pact shape for storage or shipment.

The invention consists in theimprovements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figurel represents a perspective view of a striking-bag support constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, showing the post to which the bag-suspenderis attached. Fig. 4. represents a plan view of the apparatus.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, 13 represents a relatively narrow upright bracket member adapted to be affixed to a Wall or other vertical support. Near the lower portion of the bracket member 13 and in the outer side thereof is a transverse recess or mortise 9.

11 represents a horizontal bracket member which is connected at one end by hinges 12 with the lower portion of the upright member 13, the inner end of the bracket member 11 being formedto enter the mortise 9 when the two members are in their operative relation to each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The upright member 13 and the horizontal member 11 together form an L-shaped bracket. The inner end of the member 11 acts as a tenon, which is securely engaged with the lower portion ofthe member 13 by its insertion in the mortise 9, this engagement 'pre venting any vertical displacement of the innor end of the member 11 and any working loose of the hinges 12.

10 represents a circular platform affixed to the under side of the bracket member 11 and provided with a rebound-ring 100, affixed to its under side. The bracket members 11 and 13, the platform 10, and the ring 100 are preferably made of Wood, the platform being suitably affixed to the bracket member 11 and the ring 100 to the platform.

14 14 represent inclined braces, which are secured at their upper ends to the upper portion of the upright member 13 and at their lower ends to the platform 10 at opposite sides of the bracket member 11, the connection between said braces and the bracket member 13 and the platform beingpreferably detachable and effected by means of screws or bolts, so that the braces can be readily removed.

15 represents a side brace, which is detachably secured to the bracket member 11 at a point between the points of attachment of the inclined braces 14: 14, the said side brace 15 having at its upper end suitable means whereby it may be attached to a wall or other vertical support at a point at one side of the bracket member 13, said attaching means being preferably an ear or bracket 16, adapted to be screwed to said support, its projecting portion being perforated to receive the upper '13that is, either to the right of said member, as here shown, or to the left.

From the center of. the under side of the platform 10 depends a post 18, from whose lower end the striking-bag 19 is suspended by means of a flexible cord or suspender 20. The effect of locating the point of attachment of the suspender below the rebounding-rim of the platform is to permit the employment of a shorter suspender and secure a quicker rebound of the bag and a narrower rebounding-platform than when the point of attach ment is in the plane of the platform.

The post 18 is formedwith an axial boltaperture 21 and is detachably secured in place by means of a vertical bolt 22 passing through said aperture. The bolt has a head 23 at its lower end abutting a shoulder 24: on the post at the lower end of the aperture 21 and a nut 25 on its upper end abutting the upper side of the bracket member 11. The head 23 of the bolt occupies an enlarged cylindrical aperture 26, formed in the lower end of the post and closed by the stem 27 of a ferrule or cap 28, detachably secured to the post. attached to the post by screws 30 and into which a funnel-shaped detachable lower part or section 31 of the ferrule is screwed, said section supporting at its apex a cup-shaped swivel-piece 32, through which the knotted upper end of suspending-cord 20 is passed.

It will be seen that the ferrule 28 permits only a limited descent of the bolt 22, so that should the nut 25 of thelatter become loosened by shock the bolt could not descend by gravity far enough to become separated from its nut. The apparatus is thereby prevented from falling apart; but the bolt can at any time be removed when it is desired to detach the parts by the removal of the ferrule 28, which permits the withdrawal of the bolt 22.

It will be seen that the braces 14 14 converge from points relatively wide apart on the platform 10 to points relatively close to getheron the upright member of the bracket, so that they enable the bracket to be made much narrower than the diameter of the platform and to be attached to a narrow support, such as a door-casing, and at the same time securely support the platform. It will also be seen that the side brace e prevents any tendency of the bracket and platform to swing edgewise and that the removal of the braces enables the bracket members a and b to be folded upon each other, so that the apparatus is reduced to compact form for storage or shipment.

The side brace 15 may be omitted if the vertical support is too narrow to permit its use, the main function of the said side brace being to prevent the liability of the Working loose of the fastenings that secure the upright bracket member. So long as said fastenings hold the described construction minus the brace 15 is sufficiently strong.

I clain1 1. In a striking-bag support, the combina-' tion of a platform provided with a reboundring and a supporting-bracket, a detachable central depending post formed with a bolt- Said stem is formed upon a plate 29,

aperture and a shoulder for a bolt-head at the lower end of said aperture, an upright bolt passed through said aperture and an aperture in the platform and in the bracket I and provided with a head abutting said shoulder and with a nut at its upper end bearing on the bracket, and a ferrule detachably affixed to the lower end of said post and arranged to prevent the separation by gravity of the bolt from its nut, said ferrule having provisions for the attachment of a strikingbag suspender.

2. A striking-bag support comprising an L-shaped bracket, a circular platform having a rebound-ring attached to the horizontal member of the bracket, the diameter of the platform exceeding the Width of the bracket, braces affixed to the platform at opposite sides of the bracket, said braces converging upwardly from the platform to the upper portion of the upright member of the bracket and making the platform rigid with the bracket, and a brace attached at one end to the horizontal member of the bracket and extending diagonally upward therefrom to a point at one side of and in the same plane with the upright member of the bracket, said brace being adapted for attachment to the bracketsupport at one side of the bracket and when so attached preventing the bracket and platform from swinging horizontally.

3. A striking-bag support comprising an upright bracket member adapted to be attached to a vertical support and having a re cess or mortise, a horizontal bracket member hinged to the lower portion of the upright member, its inner end being arranged to enter said mortise, a platform having a reboundring attached to the horizontal member, and detachable braces-adapted to rigidly secure the said bracket members and ring, the hinge connection permitting the bracket members to be laid side by side when the braces are detached.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FERNANDO MAYNARD.

VVituesses:

v WM. SWEENEY,

HARRY S. HUOKINS. 

